THE WESSEX NEWSLETTER Edited independently in three of the CTC Wessex member group areas and published quarterly. Please contact your nearest member group or access the club website for information on any events www.wessexctc.org for all CTC Wessex activities
CTC WESSEX SECRETARY Peter Loakes, Church Cottage, West Stafford, DT2 8AB (01305) 263272 CTC BOURNEMOUTH Cheryl Owen, 1 Bond Road, Poole BH15 3RT (01202) 738428 CTC SALISBURY Alan Clarke, “Hill House”, Kelsey Road, Salisbury SP1 1JR (01722) 322188 CTC WEST DORSET Mike Durham, 74 Westhill, Wyke Regis, Weymouth DT4 9NE (01305) 770140 CTC BLACKMORE VALE Richard Gow, Wildfell, Crown Rd, Marnhull, DT10 1LN (01258) 821391
Main Calendar Dates For 2010 April 11th April 11th May 2nd May 9th May 9th May 9th May 9th May 16th June 26th Sept 5th Sept 5th Sept 5th Sept 5th Sept 12th Sept 19th Sept 26th Oct 10th Oct 10th Oct 13th (TBC) Nov 6th
Dorset Coastlet 100km Dorset Coast 200km Wu’ze 400km Audax New Forest Spring Challenge 50km New Forest Day Out 100km New Forest 150km New Forest Excursion 200km Dorset Downs 100km 3D300km Audax New Forest Autumn Challenge 50km New Forest & Coast 100km New Forest 150km New Forest On & Off Shore 200km Dorset Dirt 50km Off-Road Bournemouth Square 200km Wessex Grand Meet at Breamore Gridiron 100km CTC West Dorset AGM CTC Bournemouth AGM CTC Wessex AGM
Peter Loakes Peter Loakes Shawn Shaw John Ward John Ward John Ward John Ward Peter Loakes Peter Loakes John Ward John Ward John Ward John Ward Ken Reed Brian Callow
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Terry Walsh Mike Durham Cheryl Owen Peter Loakes
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AGMs, Award Ceremonies, Constitutional changes, Setting the calendar of events for the coming year . . . All boring stuff and it all comes at this time of the year. Still, I suppose that as the weather worsens, its the time to do it rather than any other. Which reminds me to remind you; if its wet outside, why don’t you go “cycling” on your keyboards and write up something about your cycling experiences during the year. Factual, inspirational or just plain whimsy, we don’t mind. That’s enough of the perennial bleat of the club Newsletter editor! The cover this issue just caught my eye as I took an un-seasonal sunny November ride in the Vale of the Great Dairies. (Thomas Hardy, go on look it up). Not for what the sign says, but for what I thought it ought to say. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/29411253 In this issue read about the Tuesday Trotters; Our attempts to promote cycling locally; Who won all the awards; and . . . Oh, yes, Bob rattles on some more in his quirky entertaining manner.
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CTC Blackmore Vale Rides These take place every 2 weeks alternating between Saturday & Sunday meeting at 10am & starting at 10.30am – click on Runs List below for details. Rides are shorter in Winter (20 miles) and build up gradually to longer rides in Summer (50 miles). We stop for lunch either at a café or pub; during British Summer Time, we usually bring picnics but there is often a café near the lunch stop. You can ride to the meeting place for added mileage or drive all/part way. We welcome newcomers who consider that they can cope with the mileage – no one gets left behind! Give us a call beforehand so that we can look out for you. 01963 32840 - Richard & Margaret Nicholl or 01258 821391 - Richard Gow
Sun 27th Dec Sun 10th Jan Sat 16th Jan Sun 24th Jan Sat 30th Jan Sun 7th Feb Sat 13th Feb Sun 21th Feb Sat 27th Feb Sun 7th Mar Sat 13th Mar Sun 21 Mar Sat 27th Mar Sun 4th Apr
MEET: Gillingham, Waitrose Café LUNCH: Shaftesbury Morrison Supermarket, Wincanton LUNCH: RNAS Museum, Yeovilton MEET: Stalbridge, Dikes Supermarket Café LUNCH: Sherborne MEET: NT Café, Stourhead LUNCH: Lakeside Garden Centre, Crockerton MEET: Angel Corner Tea Room, Mere LUNCH: Kitchen Garden, Pythouse MEET: Waitrose Supermarket, Gillingham LUNCH: Shaftesbury MEET: Poet's Corner Café, Sturminster Newton LUNCH: Crown Hotel, Ibberton MEET: Udder Farm Shop, East Stour LUNCH: Wheathill Garden Centre, Milborne Port MEET: Wincanton Garden Centre LUNCH: Dobbies, Shepton Mallet MEET: Bramble & Sage, Sutton Montis LUNCH: NT café, Montacute MEET: Old Bakehouse, Castle Cary LUNCH: Glastonbury MEET: John Peel Café, Shaftesbury LUNCH: Farmer Giles Café, Teffont Magna MEET: PO Tea Room, Child Okeford LUNCH: Airfield Restaurant, Compton Abbas MEET: NT Café, Stourhead LUNCH: Cellar Café, Longleat
Coffee Pot Meets on Tuesdays Arrive at the Cafes at 10:30. An informal ride may or may not be arranged on the day. 1st Tuesday of Month Meet Café Central Wincanton 2nd Tuesday of Month Waitrose Café Gillingham 3rd Tuesday of Month N.T. Café Stourhead 4th Tuesday of Month Wheathill Lane Garden Centre Milborne Port Tuesday 30th March Martock , Cedar Tree Café, Yandles, Hurst
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Poole Heart Support Group Rides Every month starting at 10am This is an easy riding group offering morning rides on Sundays. CTC members are invited to join us. TEL: 01202 85001 - Keith Matthews
22nd NOV 27th DEC 24th JAN 21st FEB 21st MAR
MEET Broadstone Leisure Centre Upton and Lytchett Wander (15m) MEET: 10 Hill View Road Ferndown 'Goodbye Christmas Pud' MEET: Wimborne Square Blandford and Back MEET: Broadstone Leisure Centre Poole Quay and Back MEET: Ringwood Underpass Moyles Court and Environs
http://www.wessexsr.talktalk.net/newsuns/cafelist[1].html Is maintained at the above address. Additions and updates are requested please.
The Crown Inn at Alvediston Hi just a quick line to introduce ourselves, as the new Tenants of the Crown Inn at Alvediston, Dave and Linda Stone, and have just re-opened on Fri 13th November!! We have today by chance been on your website and noticed that the Salisbury Section are due to visit us tomorrow. We do hope that you did not think the pub had been closed and that you are still coming so that we may welcome you all. We have just moved to this area from The Gribble Inn in Oving near Chichester where we had regular visits from five or more cycle groups and hope to extend this further in this region of cyclists! We run a very old school type pub with excellent ales, good generous helpings of home cooked food and a warm welcome as we are always 'hands on'. We particularly want to welcome cyclists, along with walkers and car clubs to keep this beautiful pub going. Look forward to seeing you and would appreciate any help you can give us with promoting us to all cyclists. We have already signed up with 'cyclists welcome'. Kind regards, Dave and Linda Stone dave@thecrown-inn-alvediston.co.uk
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AGM and PRIZEGIVING
By Keith Matthews e had a happy W AGM with all the groups putting in good positive reports. Chairman Terry’s report can be read on the Wessex Website at www.wessexctc.org
The sad demise of the NuSuns experiment was announced, however its revealed that Dave Langley is going to try with a different flavour with the Sunday Rouleurs. See their runs list at www.bournemouthctc.org/rouleurs.htm We wish them every success. The Sartain Cup, for outstanding service to the club, was awarded to Mike Barrett for researching, inaugurating and leading the new successful Saturday Sixties ride. He was presented with the trophy by Bournemouth Chairman, Terry Walsh. The Freewheel Competition for 2009 was won by John Barnaby and the trophy was presented by a staff member of Primera where John works. Margaret Phillpotts took the Riders Cup for her brave ride in the London-Edinburgh. This cup, originally the Best All Rounder, was renamed the Riders Cup last year and is awarded for the most impressive cycling feat in the year.. This was just the start for Margaret though as she then went on to scoop the pool at the CTC Wessex AGM
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with two more trophies to polish for the coming year. She was awarded the Ron Cook Rosebowl for bringing credit to CTC Wessex with her PBP and LEL. This trophy is awarded by the previous holders, so if you fancy a shot at this cup next year, stay in Margaret’s good books! She also received the George Keith Award for riding in the most counties in one year. Margaret tells me “I’m over the moon and it has really pleased my Mum, who looks after my cat and the house whenever I'm away on a trip. She is thrilled. It is 7 years to the day since I first went on the Saturday ride and since then the Walsh family seem to have helped out at every twist and turn and I’d like to thank them both very much.” Penny and Damien Buckley took the Don Dickenson Trophy for best Newsletter article for the third year in a row. Finally, Stephen Gould was awarded the Tourist Shield for being the highest placed Bournemouth member in the CTC DATC competition. Stephen was pleased to get this, as he put it, “for just riding my bike!”
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SPORTS CONVENTION
By Mike & Terry Walsh
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Cycling in Bournemouth to exhibit at a Sports Convention they were organising. Terry Walsh received this notice and at very short notice had a 1000 leaflets printed by CTC Bournemouth and put together a show that Milestone nearincluded Crow rollers and a turbo trainer. Both were a great hit with the 100’s of students who attended, a large number of whom rode one or other of the bikes. Robert Labuda demonstrated riding the rollers as each class entered the convention. Darren Kenny also attended in his British Cycling kit with one of his Olympic gold medals. Each student was offered details of the vast range of options for cycling in the Bournemouth area and an invitation to participate in a special ride on the following Saturday. Terry was also assisted by Gerry Gray, Roger Villiers and myself .
Mike
The Sports Convention was very good, lots of children and lots of The Forgotten Road interest. We had competition from tennis, surfing, football and other sports but I think we attracted the most interest. Lots were having a go on the rollers and the turbo trainer. Robert Labuda showed them how to ride the rollers (no handed) and then held them while they tried. Mike had a queue waiting to try and reach the highest speed on the computer. Roger Villers and Gerry Gray helped out and Darren Kenny came along for the morning, signing autographs and showing his gold medals. We got rid of most of the leaflets, time will tell if it translates into members.
Terry
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The “What” of Upper Parkstone By Big Bob C
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ills! Now I’ve said the dreaded word which all Cyclos either love or hate, yet they are the glory and exaltation of our cycling life. Many of you will remember a year or two ago, possibly more, I was known as the Eagle of Upper Parkstone before age withered the essential bits of me and even old Ladies could easily repel my amorous advances with a casual, but well directed flick, of their Pension Books. When feeling depressed on a particularly long climb I take heart from the warm memory of Chairman Terry coming off at a standstill on Stoke Wake hill while shouting the only crude profanity I’ve ever heard him utter. In Dentist chairs or when receiving my Flu Jab it affords me immense comfort. This year life handed me the ultimate insult when a heavily pregnant young Mummy with pushchair led me out over the Dol of the Dol–du-Bretagne while laughing and talking to her toddler, luckily in French. But inside me a veritable Pantani or even a Dave L. of Thursday Potterer fame is waiting to be unleashed causing leaders of the Peleton to turn ashen and blanch with fear as I flash past up Bulbarrow, while from many throats “The Eagle flies again” will be heard. Perhaps losing weight may be the answer, as most of the good climbers I know look as though a good meal would put them in Intensive Care while my own talent for putting food away has often been remarked upon. On this matter I remember after a particularly joyous evening being a guest at one of John H’s Firework Beach Parties when we all arrived on our cycles and a convivial evening of imbibing and gluttony was much enjoyed . . . Oh, and there were some fireworks. The evening terminated I faintly remember outside my favourite Parkstone Chinese Take-away while looking for my humble home which seemed to have been relocated. Suffice to say that after further culinary intake the inevitable happened and while hanging of the side of my bike like a Cossack Display Rider I executed the famous Courtney Triple Piked Arched Back Throwup of such volume that I’m told the council were still clearing up the following afternoon. Needless to
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say I treated with disdain the ensuing stream of oriental invective directed at me on my subsequent visit over such a minor environmental matter. To return to the project in hand, climbing. I’ve noticed the growing of white beards with the slight increase in weight this engenders leads to a trailing off of
climbing ability. Appro Ray L, Alan D, indeed myself, and the fact that as soon as Roger V close trimmed his beard even his fixed wheel couldn’t stop him from leaping away. The thought will be perused further when I can find time off my bike. Recently a TV scientific pundit was blathering about there being no explanation as to why gravity was the weak force it was when logically it should be far more powerful. I snort with contempt, the man was no cyclist, I know for a fact that immediately upon entering Little Bredy hill an intense gravitational field forms around me of no ordinary intensity. Stuff Stephen Hawking’s Black Hole and Point of Singularity, not only can light not escape but it is touch and go whether I make it over the rim of that hill! But Hill Climbs can be a life enhancing experience and in my own case produced an almost spiritually enlightened breakthrough when standing and honking hard on the pedals my foot cleat slipped sending my nether regions crashing onto the top tube. Aaahh . . . its at times like that, when crouching in front of one’s Cycling Companions sobbing like a baby, the world can seem a different place. Now rapidly moving on we must mention the Grand Hills, the ones that have entered our cycling legend to teach us how insignificant our puny legs are on the bike. A glorious Autumn comes to memory lazily pedaling around the
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South-East corner of France with a small tent, living on tomatoes as big as my . . . er . . . fist, garlic, fresh sticks of bread and a dozen different cheeses supplemented with occasional stops at the cool fruit farms where, sat at the picnic tables in the shade, we made ourselves sticky with peaches, apples etc. But, all the time, a vast presence began to impinge on my consciousness growing ever larger as we travelled. Eventually, even when laughing, smiles would half die as I glanced sideways at the mighty Mont Ventoux rearing up from the horizon. Inevitable, early one morning while waking, it spoke, as I knew it would. “Are you ready”? It had to be climbed, as I knew all along, and indeed a few days later it was, with tremendous effort and the ultimate ignominy of trailing up to the summit a good half an hour after my good lady. But enough rambling memories, let us return to the excitement of the present. First of all, many thanks for all the goodwill and messages of support for our Residential Le Hotel du Velo Sportiv project discussed in our last newsletter. I had no idea that so many were thinking along the same lines. Finance is raising a few problems at the moment, but never mind, our ship is launched, our hearts are stout, and we are on our way. One excellent piece of news is that Jo and Mike G. have applied to take up residence in the Bartali Suite. The joy for our guests is that when not cycling, and Jo has emphasized this point, she will take up the position of Medical Officer for Le Hotel, which means Jo’s extensive medical knowledge will be directed toward our cycling health. The only stipulation the House Committee have requested of her, and Jo has graciously agreed, is that she will refrain from wearing black stockings with the nurses uniform in order to avoid undue agitation among the residential male Bikies. So, we have filled two important positions . . . Café Manageress as mentioned in the last Newsletter, and now Medical Officer. Can anything stop us now? Les H. who has the supreme good fortune of having Wendy as a full time partner, or at least as long as her Bikes are properly maintained, has raised an interesting intellectual point. The Hotel house motto as discussed previously was stated in English. As Les quite rightly points out if we are to place this over the entrance hall doorway decorum demands this be stated in Latin. To this end, from the rarefied heights of academia he tends to inhabit, he has provided the appropriate translation for which he receives our heartfelt thanks. “On song and at full thrash” becomes - “In carmen quod procul plenus thrash”.
Dear fellow Cyclists, can ecstasy get any closer?
Bob Cycle Ink #155
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Dave Mansell Memorial Ride
Christchurch Bicycle Club organised a memorial ride to Breamore House on 22nd August as a Saturday morning ride. In memory of life long cyclist David Mansell, who passed away in January 2009 having suffered from face cancer for two years. Anne his wife, wishes to say a big thank you to Steven Gray for organising the ride and to all friends for their support and help. Anne did the ride on Steven's tandem, all 41 miles !! Donations were made to Dorset Cancer Unit at Poole Hospital.
Anne Mansell
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The Tuesday Trotters
By Brian Charles
his hand made card was produced and the verse written by Peter du Lieu (campaigner and super tourist) and his wife Chris. It was sent to commemorate the 80th birthday of Ken McGregor of the Dawdlers. He, together with Arthur Priddis and myself form the nucleus of the offshoot group namely The Tuesday Trotters.
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It all started one Thursday morning about three years ago. Arthur announced at the coffee break in Verwood that he intended to give up club cycling. The doctor had said, “no hills“, so he was restricted to local rides around Christchurch, Hengistbury Head and the seafront. Ken, I noticed was walking up more hills these days and reducing his number of long rides. I decided to suggest local afternoon rides to try and fill the gap left by the loss of full days club runs for Ken and Arthur. The starting point was to be from Burton Green which was closer to our homes than the CTC starts. A leisurely pace takes us through the two fords at Waterditch and on around the back of rural Bransgore to South Ripley. Here on the grassy triangle under the oak tree is a bench. Fresh fruit is got out of saddlebags and the yarns begin. My inclusion in the group stems from the fact that I am a mere once a week cyclist. When I was a lad I was once seen out on my bike thrashing along, by a fellow clubman one mid week evening. On the following Sunday ride he embarrassed me by asking, “What race were you out training for the other night”. “No race”, I said, “just the club run“. Its just the same these days. If I'm not reasonably fit when I'm out with the Christchurch Club I sometimes struggle. Hence the value to me of the Tuesday Trotters. Although Ken’s earliest experiences of cycling go back to the days when he rode sitting on the top tube of his brothers bike, his first real cycling was spent touring in the north of England with his family. On one occasion, they were cycling down a quiet valley and as they passed through a deserted village it occurred to them that something was not quite right. In those days the
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countryside was a working environment and to see no-one about was very strange. As the valley wound its way downwards, the group realised that
something else was wrong. There were no animals. The desolate countryside made them all feel very uneasy. The quietness was uncanny. No sound of people or animals, just the whirring of tyres on tarmac. It was frightening. A little further down the valley all became clear. There,in front of of them rose the
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wall of an immense dam. The route that they had just covered was soon to be flooded and a huge reservoir would replace the quiet valley. When Arthur was a mere lad of sixty, he decided to undertake an epic cycle tour around the coast of England. What a way to celebrate his retirement and freedom. Every Tuesday, sitting on the bench at Ripley, we are treated to another episode from the tale of the grand tour. At the end of one days arduous ride, Arthur tried to get a B&B at a more up market establishment than usual. On being told that the only room available was the Bridal Suite, Arthur said, “that will do, can I take my bike up?” “No sir, I'm afraid that won't be possible”, said the man. Arthur turned away and hit the road again. Accommodation, just for one night, proved to be one of Arthur’s biggest challenges. Riding for several days in the same direction sometimes with the wind against him was another. The highlights of this tour were however the ferry rides. Crossing estuaries like the Thames, Humber and Severn and the transporter bridge over the Tees were a real bonus. I told Ken and Arthur while we sat on the bench finishing our fruit,of my days in a racing club. I spent most of my time trying to convert members to touring. One recollection was of training sessions in the company of Hughie Porter. He was the four times World Pursuit Champion and became the BBC cycling commentator. He was the original “motor mouth”. But my most valued memories are those gained with the Rough Stuff Fellowship. One day after I had left the group in the Yorkshire Dales I found myself three miles off the road at the top of Gordale Scar. This is a huge limestone gorge ending in a dramatic rocky waterfall. The walkers route down into the valley and the road,was beside the falls and was more of a rock climb than a scramble. I decided to attempt the decent by way of the adjacent scree slope. My heavy saddlebag however made the bike so unstable it broke loose from my grip on the slope. I had to remove it and make two journeys to the valley bottom. On my scramble down I tried to ignore the crowd that had gathered, watching the idiot with the bike, “he's not lost his way - he's lost his marbles” I thought I heard them say. Over the years the Tuesday Trotters have had guest appearances by David Mansel with talk of his Hetchins and Flying Gate. Not merely bikes, but works of art. These days we are often joined by Lawrence Sutcliffe with his experiences of mountain rescue in the Lake District. This birthday card triggered off memories of the numerous yarns that were exchanged on that bench at Ripley on Tuesday afternoons. The rides are not very exciting but the memories certainly are.
Brian
Happy days!
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Children Writing About the Sea I like mermaids. They are beautiful and I like their shiny tails. How do mermaids get pregnant? (Helen age 6) Oysters’ balls are called pearls. (James age 6) This is a picture of an Octopus. It has eight testicles (Kelly age 6) If you are surrounded by sea you are an island. If you don’t have any sea around you, you are incontinent. (Wayne age 7) Sharks are ugly and mean and have big teeth, just like Emily. She’s not my friend any more. (Kylie age 6) When the ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds. Sometimes when the wind didn’t blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they should eat beans. (William age 7) Some fish are dangerous and jellyfish can sting. Electric Eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher age 7) When you go swimming in the sea it is very cold and it makes my willy small. (Kevin age 6) Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Two divers can’t go down alone, so they have to go down on each other. (Becky age 8) I’m not going to write about the sea. My baby brother is always screaming and being sick. My Dad keeps shouting at my Mum and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can’t think what to write. (Amy age 6)
Alternative Dictionary CLAUSTROPHOBIA COFFEE COLONNADE COMATOSE CONCURRENT COPULATE CRECHE CUSTARD DAMNATION DANDELION DEBASEMENT DENTIST DILATE DISAPPEAR DISINCLINE DOSSIER
Excerpts from C to D
Fear of Father Christmas Someone who has been coughed on Fizzy enema Feet gone dead Looks like a raisin but isn’t Poor Police response time Vehicle collision in Kensington Swear after stepping in something Holland Big camp Cat Floor below ground level Man who fixes damaged cars Live a long time To insult a Lord Dat Hill French tramp
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CTC Wessex AGM Report
By Peter Loakes
Nineteen cyclists from the four member groups of Wessex attended the meeting, held in Wool. After the shenanigans of last year’s AGM, when the new member group structure was hammered out, this year’s meeting was a more relaxed affair. There were two resignations. President Norman Payne is standing down, as he is not cycling due to ill health. Hopefully Norman will stay in touch, and be involved in the St Lo twinning in 2011. And Ken Reed is relinquishing his role as Dorset Right To Ride rep. Ken has done an enormous amount of work over the last few years, sometimes banging his head against a brick wall, but nevertheless achieving benefits for local cycling. Ken will continue to be involved in the Weymouth Connect2 Rodwell Trail Which leaves us with Malcolm Howell as our new president, and a vacancy for Dorset Right to Ride rep. If anyone out there is interested please get in touch. There were three motions: continued problems with membership renewals, asking that it be brought back “in-house”. updated the old one to bring it in line with the new member group structure. After a few tweaks it was all sorted and adopted. Things to look forward to in 2010 include Wessex Grand Meets, when member groups can meet up, a number of open AUDAX type events, and for 2011, our centenary year, the CTC National AGM & Dinner at the Olympic Sailing Academy on Portland, and our St Lo friends joining us for the Twinning. Any ideas for this, it’s not too soon to be thinking. This is only a quick summary. The full minutes, and all the annual reports can be found on the CTC Wessex website. Response from Kevin Mayne regarding CTC Membership Services. Kevin sent me a lengthy letter outlining the reasons for outsourcing Membership, including the efforts to sort out problems which had arisen over the last few years. It seems that the staff at HQ could not cope with the demands from the increasing membership. To fulfil members expectations would have involved setting up call centres, databases, mailing houses etc, all at great cost in time and money. The club is not large enough to justify the investment. This is the reason membership services were outsourced. Kevin did emphasise that there had been an
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ongoing downward trend in complaints over the last 4 years, but mentioned that the local problems raised by Terry Walsh had never been fully sorted. However, Kevin did urge members with specific attributable complaints to let him know about their problems. If you could copy me in as well I’ll make sure any problems are followed up. To end on a practical note; after months of dodging wayward bramble suckers encroaching the West Stafford to Dorchester cycleway, I cycled into Dorchester armed with a pair of secateurs today. So you can now cycle in the knowledge that your shins are safe, at least between here and Dorchester! Peter Loakes Secretary, CTC Wessex.
Sunday Rouleurs
By Dave Langley
For any Sunday riders looking for a new challenge, starting in January 2010 there will now be another option available in addition to the existing Inters and Potterers rides. The objective of the group will be to provide slightly faster and longer rides than the Inters currently offer. Overall speed is expected to average about 15mph with distances covered ranging from about 75 miles in winter to around 90 in summer and finishing times being around 4pm in winter and 6pm in summer. Another goal of the new group will be to have longer runs of about 20-25 miles (ie. about 90 minutes riding time) between refreshment stops and to select suitable morning coffee stops to allow people to leave the ride and return home after coffee having still had a reasonably long ride by the time they get home. Example coffee stop locations to be used will be: Athelhampton, Cadnam, Gillingham and Pythouse, and for lunch will be: Harnham, Milborne Port, Pitton and Stourton Caundle. Rouleurs rides will be available to all Sunday riders who want to participate in this sort of ride and it is understood that a number of people will mix and match with the other Sunday ride options as required. In order to add more variety and interest to the routes chosen between the selected locations, the target will be to have a number of different people leading the rides. For more information on the proposed Rouleurs rides in 1st quarter 2010, please go to the club website at: www.bournemouthctc.org or contact either of the following section leaders: Dave Langley at daveandsuelangley@btinternet.com or Mike Barrett at bmikebarrett@ntlworld.com
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Informal Wayfarers Rides to Burley This ride happens every Saturday and is completely informal. There is no leader and no back up, but generally an experienced cyclist somewhere around. The route is designed for beginners but joined in by all abilities.
Start 08:45 at Waitrose Supermarket, Christchurch every Saturday Or 09:00 at The Oak PH, Burton
Or just make your own way to the New Forest Tea Rooms, Burley for 10:00
Contributions and Photographs The committee meeting date is the deadline for Newsletter contributions. Editorial policy is to print all contributions, with minimal editing for the purposes of layout only. Contribute by any way you like. Photographs are welcome in any form.
http://www.bournemouthctc.org “CycleInk” is the Newsletter of CTC Bournemouth a division of the CTC Wessex Member Group of the Cyclists’ Touring Club. Published four times a year for members. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the club.
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